Child&#39;s garment



July 27, 194s; L. H DE VRIES 2,445,909

CHILDS GARMENT Filed April 24, 1946 LYN hf DE VRIES he ATTORNEY Patentedjuly 27, 1948 l OFICE CHILDS GARMT V Lyn H. De vries, sanJqse, Calif.` lApplication April 24, 194e, serial No. 664,610

1p1-aim. (ci. 2475) f Nfinvention relates to garments and especiali lygarments for little girls and infants.

Infants and children grow at a rate so rapid that very often fine andcostly garments are outgrown long before the garment has given areasonable measure of wear or satisfaction. This is particularly true inthe case of infants and little girls dresses. Garments for little babiesare necessarily made of small shoulder and chest measure in order to fitand give a neat appearance. During babyhood, growth is so rapid thatwithin a very short time an infant will outgrow its baby dresses. Insmall children, the growth is proportionally rapid. While a childsgarments may be readily let down at the bottom hem, to provide theincreased length required to keep pace with the increasing height of thechild, the growth through the body and across the shoulders presents adiierent and more diflicult problem.

The present invention is directed to the provision of adjusting means sopositioned in a childs garment that the garment may be readily let outacross the chest and shoulder to conform to the growth of a child.

.It is among the objects of my invention to provide a garment which maybe cut large enough to accommodate a long period of growth, and whichmay be readily and effectively let out to obtain a proper fit and a neatappearance throughout a wide range of size.

Another object is to provide adjusting means for garments for children,which may be easily applied and adjusted, and which are positioned togive adjustment Where most needed without limiting the freedom ofmovement of the child.

It is also an object to provide an adjusting means which will enhancethe appearance of the garment. f

rIhe invention possesses other objects, some o which with the foregoingwill be set forth at length in the following description wherein isexplained that form of the invention which has been selected forillustration in the drawings accompanying and forming a part of thisspecification. In said drawings, one form of the invention is shown, butit is to be understood that it is not limited to that form, since theinvention as set forth in the claim may be embodied in a plurality offorms.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a front View of a childs garment embodying my invention.

invention comprises skirt and yoke portionsfprovided with adjustingmeansior varying the size across the shoulders and around the chest .ofa child, to conform to the growth of the child.

invention comprises a skirt I and yoke 2,

joined along a line positioned to pass around the chest of a child. Theyoke has a neck opening 3, and is provided with shoulder portions 4connecting the front and back porti-ons of the yoke.

Sleeves 6 are attached to the yoke and skirt by means of seams 1.

For adjusting the width of the shoulder portions 4, I provide a pair ofdraw strings 8 in each shoulder portion. One string of each pair issecured to the garment at or near a sleeve seam, and the other near theneck opening. The strings are held in position in any `suitable manner,as for example by a band 9 sewed to the garment.` The free ends of thestrings 8 extend outwardly through openings II at a point inter-mediatethe points at which the strings are secured. The strings may be drawn togather the material across the shoulder to give a desired width; and areknotted, as at I2.

The chest measurement is adjusted by drawstrings I4 applied at thejuncture of the skirt I and yoke 2, at both front and back of thegarment. The strings I4 are secured at one end at or near the sleeveseams l.. The `free ends meet at a point intermediate the points o1-attachment where they are tied as at It. The back of the garment maycomprise two panels having a placket with suitable fasteners I1 by whichthe garment may be fastened at the back. In that arrangement one stringI4 is carried by each panel, and the two strings meet and are tied atthe center as an additional securing means. The draw strings I4, frontand back, may be drawn to gather the material a desired amount, whichmay vary through a wide range of sizes, and which may be let outprogressively to accomodate the growth of the child without materiallyaltering the appearance of the garment.

In the case of a garment having sleeves 6, such as illustrated in thedrawing, I prefer to provide draw strings I8 at the ends of the sleeves.The strings I8 may be secured at any desired point, or they may beloosely mounted to extend entirely 'around the sleeve. The strings I8may be drawn to gather the ends -of the sleeves sufliciently to obtain adesired t, and appearance, and tied as at I9. l

The strings 8, I4 and I8 may be made of ribbon, with the knotspositioned and tied to add to the ornamental qualities of the garment.Also, the bands 9 may be made `of material selected for its decorativequalities.

In the case of dresses for little girls wh-o are past the baby age, thegarment lmay be gathered at the Waist by a separable belt, under whichthe material mayhegathered. In such garments, the yoke strings M' may be'n0mitte'd if,- desired Withoutv seriously impairing thep garment.Length of the garment is of course adjusted in all eases front drawstrings having xed ends secured at" points adjacent the sleeve openingsand loose ends-"ineeting for` tying "at a point between they2;322l`;856I lLeary July 20,` 11943 sleeve openings, a pair of backdraw strings having fixed ends secured at points adjacent the sleeveopenings substantially opposite the front draw strings and having looseends meeting for tying at a point between the sleeve openings, and apair of shoulder draw strings in each shoulder portion with xed endssecured adjacent the sleeve and neck openings respectively and loose,ends vvmeeting for tying at `pointsbetween thesleevegandaneckfopenings.

LYN H; DEVRI'ES.

REFERENCES CITED 'The-following references are of record in the leofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Humphrey Oct. 9, 1888 Kremer i Oct. 27,1942 Number

